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    Hardware Reliability Engineer

    EngineeringSeniorFull-timePosted 1w ago
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    Salary

    $80,000 - $140,000 (Est.)

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    Location

    Work from anywhere

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    Time zone

    Not specified on the listing

    Posted

    Oct 21, 2026

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    About the role

    Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. Safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system combined with industry leading AI.

    Motive is looking for a Senior HW Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, durability, and quality of connected hardware products from design through mass production. You will own reliability strategy, qualification planning, failure analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure products perform in demanding real-world environments.

    You will work with hardware, mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to identify risks and resolve complex issues, reporting to the engineering manager.

    What you'll do

    • Develop reliability specifications for NPI products by collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand design and use case.
    • Lead environmental, mechanical, electrical, and accelerated-life testing activities.
    • Collaborate with design and manufacturing teams to improve product reliability, test coverage, and production quality.
    • Own end to end reliability for NPI products.
    • Drive DFMEA to highlight reliability risks early in the product development cycle.
    • Create reliability test plans during xVT builds.
    • Work with manufacturing partners and test vendors on test execution.
    • Drive failure analysis with internal and external stakeholders, driving corrective and preventive actions from issue identification through verification.
    • Perform reliability risk assessments if necessary.
    • Provide crisp summaries of reliability findings to the cross-functional team during xVT to aid design and product decisions.

    What they're looking for

    • BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline.
    • 5+ years of experience in hardware reliability engineering of consumer electronics or automotive electronics products.
    • Familiarity with industry standards such as MIL, SAE, IEC, ISO, JEDEC etc.
    • Prior experience with accelerated life tests (ALT) and using acceleration models to develop reliability specifications.
    • Hands-on experience with reliability testing such as vibration, environmental testing, mechanical shock, drop etc.
    • Basic understanding of reliability statistics such as Weibull analysis.
    • Excellent supplier management and project management skills.
    • Authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

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    Motive benefits

    Work from anywhereComprehensive benefitsWorkspace stipendRetirementPaid holidaysPaid parental leave

    ◉ Remote policy · in their words

    “We are a remote-first organization made up of more than 3,000 employees located around the world. While some of our employees are more effective working remotely ... members also have the option to work on-site at any of our eight global office locations if they prefer.”

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